BuckGB

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ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 5, 2017

Styx: Shards of Darkness Interview, Xbox One Pre-orders

Not only have we learned that Styx: Shards of Darkness is now available for pre-order and pre-download on Xbox One today, but we’ve also caught wind of a new interview with lead level designer Julien Desourteaux on Now Loading. A…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 4, 2017

The CRPG Genre is not Dead!

Against footage of Torment: Tides of Numenera, Dungeon Rats, The Age of Decadence, Copper Dreams, Underrail, and other recent or upcoming role-playing titles (along with mods), a new video on the RetrospectiveGaming YouTube channel seeks to declare that the CRPG…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 4, 2017

Diablo III “The Darkening of Tristram” Patch 2.4.3 Overview

Twenty years later, we will once again be able to take on “The Dark Lord” in the re-imagining of the town of Tristram and its underbelly from the original Diablo in the soon-to-be-released Patch 2.4.3 for Diablo III. To give…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 3, 2017

Vampire: Bloodlines v9.7 Unofficial Patch Released

We still don’t know with any certainty if White Wolf has greenlit a new Vampire: The Masquerade CRPG, but while we wait for any such news, Wesp5 has doled out a new version 9.7 unofficial path for Troika’s original RPG.…

ByBuckGB
OnJanuary 1, 2017

GameBanshee Patreon Campaign and Discord Server Launched!

Happy New Year! It’s the first day of 2017, and that seems like a great time to launch two services that we have been contemplating for a very long time. The first of these is our brand new Patreon page,…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 31, 2016

Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous Updates #1-6, $67,592 and Counting

CRPG and Commodore 64 fans can rejoice, as there have been a half dozen updates to the Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous Kickstarter campaign, the latest of which announces that the project is now funded with 18 more days to…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 30, 2016

Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Eternal Throne “Accolades” Trailer

People seem to be thoroughly enjoying BioWare Austin’s new Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and to help substantiate that positive reception, they studio has released a new “accolades” trailer that features prominent comments…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 29, 2016

20 Years After Diablo, Every Game is Diablo

I’m not sure that I’d fully agree with “every game these days has a little Diablo in it” as suggested by this new editorial on the A.V. Club, as we were playing both stats-heavy and real-time RPGs years before the…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 29, 2016

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard Interview and Video Preview

Things have been fairly quiet regarding Games Farm’s mythology-based action RPG Vikings: Wolves of Midgard since it was announced this summer, but now we have two recent bits of news to bring your way. The first is an interview with…

ByBuckGB
OnDecember 28, 2016

Diablo 20-Year Anniversary Incoming, Festivities Announced

It’s hard to believe that we entered the city of Tristram for the first time twenty years ago, and that we have now spent two full decades enthralled by the action RPG craze that Diablo kicked off in glorious fashion.…